Disney finishes up race season with Wine & Dine Half Marathon

More than 14,000 runners competed in the final race of the 2013 runDisney season that made its way through Animal Kingdom, Hollywood Studios, ESPN's Wide World of Sports and concluded at Epcot.

Richard Tribou, Orlando Sentinel

The final race of the 2013 runDisney season wrapped up with more than 14,000 competitors taking part in the Disney Wine & Dine Half Marathon on Saturday night.

The 13.1-mile race began at ESPN's Wide World of Sports, made its way though Disney's Animal Kingdom and Hollywood Studios and concluded at Epcot. Afterward, races took part in a party as part of the final weekend of the Epcot International Food & Wine Festival.

The overall winner was Justin Scheid, 27, of Sparta, N.J. setting a record for the four-year-old event, finishing with a time of 1:11:47. That's 82 seconds ahead of second-place finisher Valdir Camargo, 34, of Sao Paulo, Brazil.

"Around 5 or 6 miles, one of the (on-course officials) said I had about a 30-second (lead) and I tried to keep it the same through miles 7, 8 and 9 and I was afraid to ask somebody (down the stretch) how much of a lead I had because I was afraid they were going to say '10 seconds,'" Scheid said.

The top women's division finisher was Kristen Tenaglia, 29, of Seminole, Fla. with a time of 1:23:37, also a record for the event.

The half marathon was the seventh and final runDisney event of the year. More than 163,000 runners took part in events at both Walt Disney World and Disneyland. The 2014 season will open up with the 21st Walt Disney World Marathon Weekend, which takes place over four days from Jan. 8-12 and will feature a 10k for the first time in addition to a 5k and half marathon.

For Walt Disney World, the Disney Princess Half Marathon weekend is set for Feb. 20-23. The rest of runDisney's 2014 events in Florida including the Expedition Everest Challenge, Twilight Zone Tower of Terror 10-Miler Weekend and next year's Wine & Dine Half Marathon have yet to be put on the calendar.